John Porter talks about the latest regarding the National Environmental Observatory Network (NEON) program. Jonathan Walsh shares his experience at the Web Services Workshop (February 2-5, 2004). Karen Baker, Shaun Haber and Marshall White discuss the Postnuke Portal Software.
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Table of Contents
| Feature Articles | ||
| About this Issue | 1 | |
| NEON is Bursting Out All Over! | John Porter | 2 |
| Web Services Workshop (February 2-5, 2004) | Jonathan Walsh | 3 |
| Postnuke Portal Software: Community, Content, and Collaborative Management System | Karen S. Baker | 5 |
| Good Reads | ||
| Data Grids, Collections, and Grid Bricks | Karen Baker, Jerry Wanetick | 7 |
| The Dry and the Wet | Steven Jackson | 7 |
| An International Framework to Promote Access to Data | Don Henshaw | 8 |
